BOOM PRICE FOR LAND GOVERNMENT WANTS; $8,000,000 Required to Purchase Property for Washington Park Assessed at $1,700,000.

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A version of this archives appears in print on July 6, 1911, on Page 04 of the New York edition with the headline: BOOM PRICE FOR LAND GOVERNMENT WANTS; $8,000,000 Required to Purchase Property for Washington Park Assessed at $1,700,000. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe